Kataib Hezbollah has long been involved in threats against US forces in Iraq, as well as threats against Saudi Arabia and other countries. In the past it established a network in Syria and is part of the wider Iranian-backed octopus of groups that are linked to Hezbollah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Kataib Hezbollah was founded in the first decade of the 2000s and was well known for threats to US forces after the US invasion in 2003. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the leader of the group was one of those sanctioned by the US Department of the Treasury.
In 2009 they noted that “Al-Muhandis and Kata'ib Hizballah have committed, directed, supported, or posed a significant risk of committing acts of violence against Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces…Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis is an advisor to Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's Qods Force, the arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responsible for providing material support to Lebanon-based Hizballah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command. Further, the IRGC-Qods Force provides lethal support to Kata'ib Hizballah and other Iraqi Shia militia groups who target and kill Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces.”
Muhandis had been wanted since the 1980s for his role in bombings in Kuwait. Kataib Hezbollah was known for rocket and explosive IED attacks targeting US forces. READ MORE
